20 Things You Didn't Know About Star Trek: First Contact
14. Geordi's Visor Was Replaced At LeVar Burton's Request
Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) finally ditched his iconic visor from The Next Generation in this movie, switching it out for ocular implants which aren't given any further explanation.
The change was actually suggested by actor LeVar Burton himself, who for years had been lobbying to get rid of the visor, feeling that it encroached upon his performance due to his lack of eyesight, and that preventing the audience from seeing his eyes lessened their emotional connection to him.
Co-writer Moore eventually complied and came up with the implants, which Geordi continued to wear for the remainder of his cinematic Trek tenure, bar that subplot in Insurrection where his eyes temporarily regenerate.